N'lamwai Chithambo
My artistic interests lie in the day-to-day challenges that affect the consciousness, consciences, and identities of African individuals, particularly, but not limited to, black African youths. Many of these complexities are observed through the autobiographical lens of my perceived identity as a black Scotland-born, South African-raised, Malawi national and therefore I have a growing interest in the topics of nationality and migration. My work largely involves an exploration and combination of my belief in God, portraiture, and Afrocentric comic books, often molded into a storytelling format. By using the method of storytelling, I aim to journey with my paintings. Rather than settle on a fixed idea, I enjoys exploring introspective topics through several paintings which typically but need not always relate to one another.
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